Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Hridaynath Mangeshkar first scored music for Bhalji Pendharkar’s film Akashganga in 1959. His guru was Pandit Husnalal Bhagat. He scored excellent music for the 1966 film Pavankond cha Dhondi, 1968 film Dharmakanya and later for Chani, Jait re jait, Janaki, Sinhasan and Umbartha.

His forte was intelligently blending folk music and classical music, compositions, which were easy to listen to but difficult to sing using minimum of instruments. Some of his classical compositions, which were appreciated by the common audience are: Swaragangechya kathavarti, Tinhisanja sakhe milalya, Chandane shimpit ja and Ti geli tevha.